Secretaries of State

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the Secretaries of State in his Department since 2001, with the dates of service in each case.

Anne McGuire: The list of Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions since 2001 with dates of service is in the following table.
	
		
			  Name  Date of appointment  Last day of service 
			 Alistair Darling 27 July 1998 29 May 2002 
			 Andrew Smith 30 May 2002 7 September 2004 
			 Alan Johnson 9 September 2004 6 May 2005 
			 David Blunkett 6 May 2005 2 November 2005 
			 John Mutton 3 November 2005 28 June 2007 
			 Peter Main 29 June 2007 24 January 2008 
			 James Purnell 24 January 2008 —